Summary:
ZIP code 47951 covers Kentland, Indiana, where three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — together serve about 846 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. All three belong to South Newton School Corp. South Newton Elementary School is the largest with 430 students (PK–5), followed by South Newton Senior High School with 225 (9–12) and South Newton Middle School with 191 (6–8). The district ranks 158th of 374 in Indiana, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars — above the state median.
South Newton Middle School is the clearest improver, rising from the 46th percentile in 2023–24 to the 65th in 2025–26 and from 2 to 3 stars, with ELA and math both up year over year; sixth-grade math (52.63% vs. state 40.2%) and eighth-grade ELA (51.02% vs. 44%) are bright spots, though seventh- and eighth-grade math trail the state. South Newton Elementary School is polarized by grade: fifth grade beats the state in ELA, math, and social studies (social studies 66.67% vs. 47.2%), while fourth grade falls below state in all three subjects, and the school slipped from the 68th to the 58th percentile, still 3 stars. South Newton Senior High School graduates 91.1% of students (above the state's 89.7%) and improved sharply in Biology EOC, but its SAT scores lag — ERW 40.85% vs. 51.9% and math 12.68% vs. 25.6% — leaving it at 2 stars.
Attendance is a shared strength: chronic absenteeism is below the state's 16.7% at every school, lowest at the elementary (8.4%) and highest at the high school (12.5%). The high school spends the most per student ($16,129) with the smallest classes (11.5 students per teacher), while the middle school spends the least ($9,375) yet improved most. Overall, families here get a small, single-district PK–12 system with strong attendance, a rising middle school, a standout fifth grade, and a high school that graduates students well but needs work on SAT math.
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